Author Question: Which of the following is FALSE about Indira Gandhi? a. Her actions as prime minister were so ... (Read 72 times)

daltonest1984 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Which of the following is FALSE about Indira Gandhi?

a. Her actions as prime minister were so autocratic that many labeled her a dictator.
b. One of her sons was killed in a plane crash, the other son assassinated by a suicide bomber.
c. She was assassinated by her bodyguards after she put down an insurrection by extremists.
d. She was never formally elected to Congress, only served as a party leader and activist.

Question 2

The Congress Party began to splinter and lose its dominance in the late 1960s and early 1970s when

a. the followers of Mahatma Gandhi split from the rest of the group because of ideological differences regarding nonviolence.
b. Jawaharlal Nehru suffered a stroke and factional differences emerged within the party based on personality rather than ideology.
c. Indira Ghandi was assassinated it created a rift between her supporters and those accused of being involved in the assassination conspiracy.
d. Indians became bitterly divided over the question of war with Pakistan, and the party splintered into groups that opposed and supported a war.